Means used in accounting.



W. L. WEBSTER.

MEANS USED IN ACCOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED SEPTrQ. 191G- Pawnmd Jan.'29,191&

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UNITED STATES WALTER'L'. WEBSTER, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yonx.

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in partfp'ointed out hereinafter. .'Theiny'ention accordingly comprises the y features of construction 'andoperation, com- 1 binations of elements and arrangementsof YB@ it known that I, WALTER L. WEBSTER,

citizen of the UnitedStates,'and a resident firooklyn, ini-,the county of' Kings and tate of New York, have invented an Im- 3'; --provement in Means Used in Accounting, of'

which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to accounting, and With regard'to certain more specific features,

to a receipt voucher.

,One of the objects of the invention is to provide an Iarticle whereby time, labor and expense mayy be saved in making out various records..

Another object is to provide an inexpensive and completeJecord for a broker during the time 'that he? is' awaiting payment from a payer, and at the same time to furnish a.re ceipt for both Abroker and payer after the payment hasreached the payee.

Another object is to provide an article enabling. the user at a single Writing toadvise l-tto furnish the broker with a refceipt from Yhe pav ee, and to' furnish .the payernvvith a Ireceipt rom the payee, the latter receipt omitting certain information .appearing on the 'brokers receipt,

Another object is to rovide'an inexpensive and easily handled evice readily understood by a comparatively unskilled operator and available for producin 'quickly information lordinarily obtaine only at materially greater cost.=

4Other features will be in part obvious and parts, which are exemplified in the structure ereinafter described andthe sco e of the applicatinn ofl` which will bein the following claims.

1 `In the laccompanying drawings, invwhicli is shown' one of various possible embodiicated in Figure l is a face view of'a preferred form of Sheet. r j

Fig.v 2 is a view of the reverse side of iinilar reference characters refer to similar parts throughoutboth views ofthe drawn considering this invention I in its' relal.tion to the prior art, it maybe noted that for many years attempts have been made to pro- Patented J an. 29, 1918.

vide atminimumcost for material, timeland, labor, .a record of payments through an agent, that will-aord the ayer assurance that his paymenthas actualy reached the payee, the advisability of sucha record a `f ycaring particularly in instances where t e roker or other a' ent acts as the, agent of the payer, asin t e handlin of insurance sidered as the payer of the'premium, vthe broker as the agent, and the insuranceA com'- pany the payee. The resent invention is illustrated and describe in, connection with insurance-records, although it. will b 'e obvifI ous that many if not all of the-"features thereof are equally applicable to avariety of financial transactions.

Referring now to the accompanying dravvf-.vl

ings, there is illustrated a sheet comprising.

three separable coupons l, 2, 3, which fori' .convenieiice'ma be referred -to respectively "as the, origina duplicate and triplicate. vThe scoring or perforations facilitate the pons contain spaces for data of interest tol vbe, deducted from the premium, and the net remittance from broker to jpayee, that is, the 'difference between the premium and the commission.

In using this sheet, the three coupons are i folded together at the perforations 5, .preferably with theu original on top, the triplicate at the bottom, and 1the duplicategbetween. A transfer device, such as carbon paper, is 'then inserted between the original and duplicate and between the duplioatefand triplicate, and then at a single writing, the

various blanks vlin all othe coupons arey filled in, including thel items for commission, and net, appearin l If the transfer device is secured to or is pam writing as soon 'as it'- is folded. p l After removing the carbon papers,-one

of the coupons, preferably the triplicate,

on thev duplicate' only.'

'of the coupons, then-the sheet is ready fpm.' 110 detached and sent to the payer as a statement of his account or memorandum or bill indicating the amount of payment due and the date the premium is due. The. original and duplicate are retained by thc broker as a memorandum that the bill has been sent to the payer.

When the remittance is received by the broker from the payer, either with or without the triplicate invoice, the broker sends to the payee the original and duplicate, together with his remittance for the net amount, that is, the premium minus the commission, this net amount -being indicated clearly on the duplicate coupon. The payee then acknowledges receipt upon the original and duplicate, by stamp or otherwise, and returns both original and duplicate to the broker, who separates these two coupons at the perforations 5, sends the original to the payer and retains the duplicate.

1n this way, the payer is given a receipt directly from the payee, and is thus assured that his payment has actually reached the payee. Furthermore, the broker has a pern marient receipt from the payee for his pay ment of the net amount, with an indication on'lthe receipt of the amount of the premium and thel'commission. .And all this together with the preliminary statement or bill to the assured; is afforded by a single Writing of datfa simultaneously upon the three coupons 'of the'4 sheet.

' For convenience in handling, the sheets .may be folded by the printer into the forni for typewriting or Writing, and may then be bound in pads, preferably at the outer or right-hand edge of the extension 7 of the duplicate coupon, since at this point there is but a single thickness of material for each sheet. i t

It will be understood that the words -orjiginal, duplicate and .triplica-tc are simply used for` convenience to designate the three portions ofthedevice, andsaid words are obviously interchangeable, and the rel-- ative location of the three coupons.y is likewise to beV understood as interchangeable without departing from the spirit or scope offthis invention.

From the above, it will be seenth-at the several objects ofthe invention are realized,

i y land other advantageous results obtained. y

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to' be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus revealed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters fatent of the United States 1. A triplicate invoice and receipt com-.)

of the coupons receive matter which is notr to appear on the other coupons, two of sai'd coupons constituting receipt forms to be recemted by the payee, one of which is ultimately sent to the 'broker and the other to the payer.

2. A triplicate invoice and receipt comprising a sheet dividedV transversely into three separable coupons by weakening lines, th'e upper and lower coupons being` inscribed on their obverse faces with suitable data and the third coupon beingl inscribed on its reverse facewith inverted similar data and having one side edge extending beyond the side edges of the first mentioned coupons whereby when the coupons are folded together at their adjoining edges along saidweakening lines with intervening manifolding material they may all be Written upon simultaneously and the third `coupon receive matter not appearing on the other coupon, two of said coupons constituting receipt forms to be reeeipted by the payee, one of which is ultimately sent to the broker and-thc other to the payer.`

In testimony Whereof,1 have -signediny name to this specification this ninth day of September, 1916.

WALTER L. WEBSTER. 

